The Tempest as Mystery Play: Uncovering Religious Sources of Shakespeare's Most Spiritual Work

ISBN-13: 9780786493548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str.

Grace R. W. Hall

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Comparison of Shakespeare's works to their likely sources is one way to deepen our appreciation. Sources for The Tempest, however, have long eluded the grasp of scholars, who have unearthed only bits and pieces that resemble minor elements of the play. Few traces of the special qualities of The Tempest have turned up in any works so far considered as sources.

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Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments vii
• Preface 1
• Introduction 3
• I. Bardic Shards, Artifacts and Sources 13
• II. The English Cultural Climate and Mystery Play Scholarship 25
• III. Shakespeare's Turbulent Overture 41
• IV. Shakespearean Typology: The Several Identities of Characters in The Tempest 49
• V. Biblical Fabrics: Ludus Coventriae and Descriptive Portraits in The Book of Common Prayer and the Bible 73
• VI. The Language of Belief: Wordplay in The Tempest 93
• VII. Shakespeare's Paronomastic Plot 107
• VIII. “All the Tuned Spheres”: A Cosmological Framework 121
• IX. Weaving the Tapestry: Themes, Focus, and Design 135
• X. Golden Hours, Yellow Sands: Time and Place in The Tempest 147
• XI. Beyond This “Little Life”: A Vision 169
• Notes 179
• Works Cited 195
• Index 201